LANSING – A Wayne State University study concludes that the Michigan Supreme Court abused its power from 1999-2008. The author of the study, Law Professor Robert Sedler, says the Court’s decisions from that period lack legitimacy.

“What has happened in Michigan, pure and simple, is that a majority of the Justices on the Michigan Supreme Court have used their power to overrule prior decisions with which they disagreed,” Professor Sedler said.

Some examples include making significant changes in Michigan’s injury law in favor of defendants over plaintiffs and significant changes in worker’s compensation law in favor of employers over workers.

“This study proves that Young and the rest of the ‘Gang of Four,’ used their positions to achieve the results they wanted: ruling for corporations and insurance companies and ignoring injured workers and accident victims,” Michigan Democratic Party Chair Mark Brewer said. “Electing Diane Hathaway in 2008 was a big first step toward righting the wrongs of this Court, but we need to defeat Bob Young this year to protect Michigan residents from his harmful decisions.”

Click on the link below to read the study.

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1520719

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